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Wired
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The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again. |
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The Voices of Venture Capital 4 leading venture capitalists offer their takes on the ups and downs of VC investment, what captures their attention and the best ways to seek out VC money. |
The Motley Fool
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Thinking About Starting the Next Google? Bang Ventures is going to let you be the VC. The company is accepting business plans through its website, assembling a group of experts to sift through the candidates, then allowing anyone to place a vote for the top three. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Breaking Through a Growth Stall Many companies get stuck on a plateau, unable to grow and burning through cash at a frightening rate. Frank V. Cespedes discusses how focusing on the right customers can generate growth again. |
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Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? Four venture capitalists explain how they evaluate potential investments. |
Bio-IT World
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Monsoon of Capital The private equity markets, both venture capital and growth equity, while characterized by a number of established firms, continue to struggle with how best to finance early-stage, risky bio-IT companies. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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The Motley Fool
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Big Brother or Big Ideas? In a joint report on venture capital investing, the Europeans and the U.S. have some ideas for small business: government intervention. Entrepreneurs have other plans. |
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The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. |
Fast Company
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The Startup Revolution Is About To Surge Again What would it look like if big companies opened up their assets -- their brands, relationships, and distribution channels -- and partnered with founders to monetize them in new ways? |
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Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record... |
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Your Startup May Be Worth Less Than You Think The recession has resulted in a drop in the valuation of startups. |
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Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want? Entrepreneurs are often motivated by the potential of money and control, but very few ever achieve both. |
Fast Company
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Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
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Reel 'Em In Do you have the right bait to entice investors? Get them hooked - and get money for your business - with these tips. |
Bio-IT World
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What Do We Do Now? Like it or not, the supply of capital is an important ingredient in the continued development of the bio-IT industry. Appreciating and understanding the forces currently at work in the VC marketplace can only help in raising capital. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Cash and the Woman-Owned Business Yes, it's a fact! Women generally have less cash to "seed" fund their own ventures. This excerpt from the book Clearing the Hurdles explains what women can do about it. |
BusinessWeek
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Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns. |
Bio-IT World
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The Upside of the Downturn Biotech entrepreneurs need to rethink how they raise capital and craft business model frameworks. |
Registered Rep.
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The Devilish Details of Angel Investing Angel investing can be fraught with peril -- for both the investor and the entrepreneur. But the devil's in the details. Here's a guide for mixing business with family and friends. |
Entrepreneur
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VCs Want in on Your Hot New Company The latest VC trend: Early stage investing is on the rise. |
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Extreme Networking: Adding High-Net-Worth Clients Becoming the sponsor and host of an entrepreneurial salon series is an effective networking and practice-building approach for wealth advisors who wish to expand their network of high- and ultra-high-net-worth investors. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Turning High Potential into Real Reward Joseph B. Lassiter discusses his research about entrepreneurial marketing in high-potential ventures. |
Inc.
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Main Street VCs Most venture capitalists prefer to be within an hour's drive of their investments, but that's beginning to change. Is a new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you? |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
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Wireless Players Re-Arm VC Units To ensure access to new applications, NTT DoCoMo, Nokia and Motorola are taking a keen interest in startups. |
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After The Flood With the flow of VC funding slowed to a trickle, let our list of the top 100 VC funds be your divining rod. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Government's Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Professor Josh Lerner, author Boulevard of Broken Dreams, wonders if its time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms. |
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A Great (and Surprising) Venture Investment Source Many financial advisors are beginning to venture into venture. |
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June 2010
Kate Lister |
The $48,000 Question Where, exactly, do startups get their money? The answer may surprise you. |
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August 2008
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
Bio-IT World
April 2006
Michael A. Greeley |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2008
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Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan William A. Sahlman's article on how to write a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. Now a decade old, we asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article today. |
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March 2009
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Ideas to Spur Innovation In the sink-or-swim environment of startups, daily innovation can weigh heavily on your mind. Here are three ways to think creatively -- well past your startup stage. |
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Joint Ventures: How the Deal is Done The growing trend of REITs teaming with institutional partners is gaining momentum. |
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May 2008
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Prize Surprise Entrepreneurs are competing for the gold - and getting much more in the process. |
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May/Jun 2008
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Mutual Interests It's not uncommon these days for some of world's largest investor groups to partner with experienced advisors and managers. It only makes sense that some of them turn to REITs for help with their real estate investments. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Founder's Skin-in-the-Game Remember Jobs and Wozniak? Gates and Allen? Don't assume a founder's lack of committed capital to be a stumbling block to a venture's success. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Douglas MacMillan |
Educational Tech Gets a Second Look Venture funds are spending big on educational tech startups as broadband networks and digital devices reach more students. |
Investment Advisor
November 19, 2010
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One Hundred Days of Job Growth Tactically, our tax policies need to do more today (and certainly beyond this coming Jan. 1) to incentivize angel investors to fund early-stage ventures than presently contemplated by our legislative class. |
Inc.
February 2006 |
Introducing VC 2.0 Even as many venture capitalists shy away from start-ups, a handful of dissidents from bigger investment houses have started new funds to fill the capital gap - and to pursue the home-run returns that made VCs famous in the first place. Here are two of the upstarts. |
InternetNews
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Colin C. Haley |
Motorola Ventures Increases Bets The handset maker's investment arm expects to invest more than $100M in startups this year. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Michael A. Greeley |
Who Wants to Be a VC? The objective is to stay relevant to a venture firm while the industry contracts. Develop the case that you can help create great companies (and great returns) because you have built a Rolodex and an ability to identify patterns of success. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Hibbard & Green |
It Feels Like 1998 All Over Again Are we or are we not in an Internet bubble? Signs of it in Silicon Valley are rising, but whether that's cause for concern is a matter of fierce debate. Concerns about a second bubble aren't baseless. Clearly, valuations of startups are rising. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Nokia Venture Partners Rebrands, Reloads The firm changes its name to BlueRun Ventures and readies a $350 million fund to back startups. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2007
Tim Scannell |
Jeff Glass, Partner, Bain Capital Ventures Strength and a little luck go a long way in securing funds to topple the YouTubes of the world. |
CIO
September 15, 2011
Tom Kaneshige |
Mobile Startups: Tip of the Iceberg, Say Venture Capitalists At this week's DEMO Fall 2011, mobile startups trying to bridge the physical and digital worlds often didn't aim high enough and received mixed reviews from venture capitalists and former entrepreneurs. |
BusinessWeek
December 31, 2008 |
How to Refurbish the U.S. Tech Industry A prescription for fixing the country's technology innovation machine. |
